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Originally posted by RastaMentality
Display Expert: iPhone 5 has best screen of any mobile device http://t.co/bUWxOnlm
The iPhone 5 indeed has a pretty face.
That’s the conclusion of research firm DisplayMate in a report on Monday.
More technically, DisplayMate says the new iPhone has the highest contrast rating of any mobile device it’s seen, along with improved screen reflectance and significantly improved color quality and color accuracy.
All that adds up to the best screen the company has seen on a mobile device.
“Based on our extensive lab measurements the iPhone 5 has a true state-of-the-art accurate display — it’s not perfect and there is plenty of room for improvements (and competitors) but it is the best smartphone display we have seen to date based on extensive lab measurements and viewing tests,” DisplayMate said.
DisplayMate did have a few niggles.
“The white point is still somewhat too blue like most smartphones, and at maximum brightness it has a shorter running time than the iPhone 4, which is not surprising since it has a larger screen and a larger color gamut but roughly the same capacity battery,” DisplayMate said.
For all of you super-techies, DisplayMate has tons more details in its report, including some comparisons with the Samsung Galaxy S III. |
While it won't be possible to actually prove and test it in an objective way until the phone is released (which... I mean... is supposed to be soon... but there's no dates yet), the first post of this thread proves why it the iPhone 5 doesn't have the most advanced display. That analysis has been floating around very reputable tech sites. The even more insulting bit is that where the author has gaps in information, they're using the Lumia 920 predecessor (the 900, from last year) to fill the gaps - and it still beats the iPhone 5. There are several sites reporting that the Lumia > the iPhone 5 screen, and that the iPhone 5 > Samsung Galaxy S3's display. So yes, what you posted is completely accurate, but the Lumia hasn't reached the market yet and can't officially claim it's throne.
Beware of Apple's marketing. They also attempted to say that the iPhone 5 was the world's thinnest smartphone, and that was also incorrect. Perhaps when the iPhone 5 was originally being made, before Jobs passed on, it held that title... and that's where the mistake came from.
It's just an ugly phone. I don't care if the screen is 2% better when the outside looks like 100% trash.
